Recognizing and celebrating the life and accomplishments of the great African American jockey Jimmy "Wink" Winkfield and the significant contributions and excellence of other African American jockeys and trainers in the sport of horse racing and the history of the Kentucky Derby.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

53 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 45 Democrats

8 of 53 cosponsors (15%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), John Conyers (D-MI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Artur Davis (D-AL), Danny Davis (D-IL), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Jim Davis (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Joel Hefley (R-CO), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), William Jefferson (D-LA), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Stephanie Jones (D-OH), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Frank Lucas (R-OK) and 23 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.

• H.R. 1285 (109th) Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act of 2005
• H.R. 4343 (109th) To provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Rosa Parks.
• H.R. 1940 (109th) Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act
• H.Con.Res. 77 (109th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murder of Emmett Till.
• H.R. 1439 (109th) VOICE Act of 2005
• H.Res. 473 (109th) Condemning the racist remarks of William Bennett.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-1 district